Uh-huh. We'll stick with you not understanding story pacing, because all you did was reinforce the point.
Discovery season 4 finale theories
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Then please tell me, what did Uhura do before she joined the USS Enterprise? How about Sulu? Chekov?
maybe that happened and we didn’t get to see it.
Not seeing important stuff is a recurring issue with Disco
Its a recurring issue with live action Trek in general (however, Lower Decks and Prodigy by far seem the most consistent and have managed to minimize this problem from what I observed).
To be fair, a similar thing happened on VOY (which could have been remedied with an occasional 30 seconds to 1 minute discussion on say that the crew salvaged downed shuttles, scoured for raw materials in uninhabited star systems (which the ship itself could have used to repair itself - as self-repair is a thing on SF ships) and managed to build more (same with antimatter and making more torpedoes).
I mean, we know the technology in the 24th century is more than advanced enough that ships can do this (and so much more), but it was never mentioned on-screen (which was a massive oversight and could have easily be inputted into the show to provide some decent explanation).
I was really hoping modern Trek would stop dropping the ball on things like this... and it seems that Disco continued having this problem.
Meanwhile, the animated series have (thus far) as already mentioned, seemingly minimized (but not eliminated) the issue of not seeing important stuff.
It’s only important if it has bearing on the story. In the case of voyager it became a bit excessive as after seven years the ship seemed to have no issue being lost far from home, but in this case we can safely assume they were trained to use the new equipment and had therapy sessions when needed.
Huh, how weird! With the WGA credits, and Wilson Cruz’s comments about 13 episodes, and way the second half of the season was announced with there being three episodes overlapping with Picard, I’m now very confused.
Thanks for pointing it out! Perhaps someone can get clarification from a staffer/somebody on the creative end of the show or Paramount+ on Twitter?
I DM'd Chad Rubel, though if he can't answer, that's totally understandable.
I'm guessing it's simply an error, but I suppose there's a remote and unfortunate chance they moved 4x12 and 4x13 into the start of the fifth season. I'd love to hear a certain prolific forumite's thoughts on the matter if that happened...!
Yeah, I’m thinking it’s a case of mistakenly jumping the gun as well. It feels like they would’ve had Wil Wheaton mention it on the Ready Room too.
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Totally agree. It's possible the writer had the season finale blurb's version already lined up and ready in CMS (or whatever they use) and misclicked, haha.
Perhaps the finale is a three parter?
Good call, that’s very plausible.
Another thing supporting @Quinton and @Paul755 ’s suggestion that it’s simply in error, on Thursday Hiro Kanagawa tweeted that he was in the final 4 episodes of the season, beginning with this week’s episode, 10.
With the preponderance of evidence supporting there being 13 episodes, some kind of error or miscommunication seems to be the explanation for next week’s episode being labeled the finale.
With the preponderance of evidence supporting there being 13 episodes, some kind of error or miscommunication seems to be the explanation for next week’s episode being labeled the finale.
Haha, oh yeah! I'm surprised I forgot about that one. :P
I liked the ideas of 10-C either being dead or unmoved by the Federation in addition to making their technology either on par or superior to that of the Federation and Alpha Quadrant species. Through tense negotiations, 10-C agrees to move their mining operations to unpopulated areas for the time being, but they tell the diplomats that once those areas are exhausted, they will move back to mining it from wherever they can find it. It solves the problem for now, but leaves this deadline in the future, like another Burn, another impending doom that threatens to fracture the fragile peace.
I just don't want to rush into the finale. In both seasons two and three, the final episodes were a crash course of scenes to make sure we got to where the writers wanted us for the finale. I enjoyed season two's finale, even though it had it's flaws. Su'Kal was a real disappointment in season three. Like I've said in those seasons, not every single storyline needs to be wrapped up in the season finale. It is alright to let some storylines continue to filter.
I just don't want to rush into the finale. In both seasons two and three, the final episodes were a crash course of scenes to make sure we got to where the writers wanted us for the finale. I enjoyed season two's finale, even though it had it's flaws. Su'Kal was a real disappointment in season three. Like I've said in those seasons, not every single storyline needs to be wrapped up in the season finale. It is alright to let some storylines continue to filter.
The Earth is destroyed, and all of humanity rallies around Michael Burnham as their greatest symbol of hope in this dark time.
Everyone will ignore the fact that the destruction is largely her fault!
Everyone will ignore the fact that the destruction is largely her fault!
All hail the Sisko, I mean, the Burnham.